v0.905 released

Version 0.905 is up on SourceForge.

The UI refresh is not complete, but things already look a bit better.

--------------------------------------- v0.905 (28 February 2012) --------------------------------------- Features: - UI Refresh, part 1 Other 3482612: Sohei "Short Spear" kit bug 3482613: Idenfity spell not working 3483469: Crash while saving 3483079: NPX selling items to Ideaus 3484570: Hero class missing Melee Master modifier 3484571: Remove Curse spell always fizzles 3484572: Spell selection widget not updating casting cost 3484609: Many foes have insufficient magic points

UI Refresh Progess

I'm been tinkering away at making the game look prettier. All the renderers are done (the easy bit), various background screens are in the works (the hard bit). A new font is in place (Monaco).

I think I'm going to aim for a monthly release cycle, so wherever it gets to at the end of Feb I'll drop onto SourceForge.

Some screen shots of the work in progress:

The main menu

The player character widget

Item details dialog

Documentation Has Moved

The MediaWiki from SourceForge was pretty crap, so I've moved the documentation to Google Sites.
You can find it here:

• https://sites.google.com/site/escapeftmaze/

Alas, it is no less sparse than it was. But hopefully quicker to access and maintain.

A Busy January

Jan 2012 turned out to have the most downloads since the initial release. And not even any from Poland.
We're still not exactly breaking any speed limits here, but it's a start. Thanks to anyone who downloaded; your feedback is always welcome on this blog, the SourceForge forums or my email inbox.

Windows downloads

Comment located in the source code

InventoryDisplayWidget.java:

// this whole fucking thing is such a fucking hack.  fucking ui programming horseshit

No idea when I wrote that, it must have been at least four years ago. But it certainly is some ugly code!